diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
index 54c7107..6bf6790 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/Dependencies.kt
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ object Dependencies {
         const val ktorIos = "io.ktor:ktor-client-ios:$version"
         const val ktorJson = "io.ktor:ktor-client-json:$version"
         const val ktorSerialization = "io.ktor:ktor-client-serialization:$version"
+
+        const val slf4j = "org.slf4j:slf4j-simple:1.7.30"
     }
 
     object Serialization {
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ object Dependencies {
         const val sqlDelightCoroutines = "com.squareup.sqldelight:coroutines-extensions:$version"
         const val sqlDelightAndroid = "com.squareup.sqldelight:android-driver:$version"
         const val sqlDelightNative = "com.squareup.sqldelight:native-driver:$version"
+        const val sqlDelightSQLite = "com.squareup.sqldelight:sqlite-driver:$version"
     }
 
     object AboutLibraries {
diff --git a/shared/build.gradle.kts b/shared/build.gradle.kts
index d98a266..58f419f 100644
--- a/shared/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/shared/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ repositories {
 
 kotlin {
     android()
+    jvm()
 
     val sdkName = System.getenv("SDK_NAME") ?: "iphonesimulator"
 
@@ -85,6 +86,19 @@ kotlin {
                 implementation(Dependencies.SQLDelight.sqlDelightNative)
             }
         }
+        val jvmMain by getting {
+            dependencies {
+                // Ktor
+                implementation(Dependencies.Ktor.ktorOkhttp)
+                implementation(Dependencies.Ktor.slf4j)
+
+                // SqlDelight
+                implementation(Dependencies.SQLDelight.sqlDelightSQLite)
+
+                // Misc
+                implementation(Dependencies.Misc.jsoup)
+            }
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/underdesk/circolapp/shared/PlatformDispatcher.kt b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/underdesk/circolapp/shared/PlatformDispatcher.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13e9ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/underdesk/circolapp/shared/PlatformDispatcher.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package net.underdesk.circolapp.shared
+
+import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
+
+actual object PlatformDispatcher {
+    actual val IO = Dispatchers.IO
+}
diff --git a/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/underdesk/circolapp/shared/data/DatabaseDriverFactory.kt b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/underdesk/circolapp/shared/data/DatabaseDriverFactory.kt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1882227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/src/jvmMain/kotlin/net/underdesk/circolapp/shared/data/DatabaseDriverFactory.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package net.underdesk.circolapp.shared.data
+
+import com.squareup.sqldelight.db.SqlDriver
+import com.squareup.sqldelight.sqlite.driver.JdbcSqliteDriver
+
+actual class DatabaseDriverFactory {
+    actual fun createDriver(): SqlDriver {
+        return JdbcSqliteDriver(JdbcSqliteDriver.IN_MEMORY + "circolapp.db")
+            .also {
+                val currentVer = getVersion(it)
+                if (currentVer == 0) {
+                    AppDatabase.Schema.create(it)
+                    setVersion(it, 1)
+                } else {
+                    val schemaVer: Int = AppDatabase.Schema.version
+                    if (schemaVer > currentVer) {
+                        AppDatabase.Schema.migrate(it, currentVer, schemaVer)
+                        setVersion(it, schemaVer)
+                        println("init: migrated from $currentVer to $schemaVer")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+    }
+
+    private fun getVersion(driver: SqlDriver): Int {
+        val sqlCursor = driver.executeQuery(null, "PRAGMA user_version;", 0, null)
+        return sqlCursor.getLong(0)!!.toInt()
+    }
+
+    private fun setVersion(driver: SqlDriver, version: Int) {
+        driver.execute(null, String.format("PRAGMA user_version = %d;", version), 0, null)
+    }
+}